AC8909Air Canada Jetz · YYZ → ORD
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Route confirmed Air Canada Jetz

AC8909 TorontoYYZ · 15:55 ChicagoORD · 16:53

AC8909 by Air Canada Jetz flies from Toronto (YYZ) to Chicago (ORD) for the Sun, Oct 18 departure.

Right nowEn route to Chicago · off blocks 16:16 · 21 min late
En route

en route from YYZ to ORD

En routeAC8909 · position estimated
YYZTorontoORDChicago
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 16:16 · typical taxi-out at YYZ ≈ 11 min.

Typical gate push+21 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−2 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~23 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-18
+21 gate · −19 arrival
10-17
+21 gate · −19 arrival
10-12
+23 gate · −1 arrival
10-09
+15 gate · +18 arrival
10-08
+20 gate · −2 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −2 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
YYZTorontoOn-time likelyYYZ delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
YYZ→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.4%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at YYZ and ORD are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Toronto to Chicago flights today

same route · Air Canada Jetz
AC503departs 08:05
AC8901departs 08:05
AC507departs 12:25
AC8847departs 12:25
AC8905departs 12:25
AC509departs 14:00

If AC8909 is cancelled, these are the other Air Canada Jetz nonstop flights from Toronto to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in YYZ local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AC8909 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AC8909 across the YYZ and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 4/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AC8909 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-18YYZ 15:55 16:16 (+21)ORD 16:53 16:34 (−19)
10-17YYZ 15:55 16:16 (+21)ORD 16:53 16:34 (−19)
10-12YYZ 15:55 16:18 (+23)ORD 16:53 16:52 (−1)
10-09YYZ 15:55 16:10 (+15)ORD 16:53 17:11 (+18)
10-08YYZ 15:55 16:15 (+20)ORD 16:53 16:51 (−2)

Aircraft

Recent tails: C-FEJY, C-FRQN, C-FEIQ, C-FEJF.

Board clocks recorded as YYZ and ORD published them.

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Canonical URL
https://proflightsearch.com/flight/AC8909
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